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En Viracocha, Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa firma una de sus mejores novelas de aventuras, que sigue los pasos del intelectual Alonso de Molina, uno de los famosos trece acompañantes de Pizarro en tu expedición a la isla de Gallo. El libro trata la vida de Molina y su relación con Viracocha, la deidad inca barbuda y venida del mar con la que los incas lo confundieron nada más arribar a las costas peruanas.

Sette famiglie, sette sovrani, sei città: questa è l'Italia del XV secolo, dilaniata da guerre, intrighi e tradimenti, governata da signori talvolta lungimiranti, ma molto spesso assetati di potere e dall'indole sanguinaria. A Milano, Filippo Maria, l'ultimo dei Visconti, in assenza di figli maschi cerca di garantire la propria discendenza dando in sposa la giovanissima figlia a Francesco Sforza, promettente uomo d'arme. Intanto trama contro il nemico giurato, Venezia, tentando di corromperne il capitano generale, il conte di Carmagnola.

Firenze, domenica 26 aprile 1478. Durante una messa solenne celebrata dal cardinal Riario, i congiurati hanno levato il pugnale scagliandosi su Giuliano de' Medici, riducendolo in fin di vita. Per vendicarsi, Lorenzo spargerà molto altro sangue: la città, culla del Rinascimento, per lunghe settimane vedrà le sue strade orridamente tinte di rosso. Sfiancato dal dolore e dal rimorso, il Magnifico non potrà fare a meno di interrogarsi sullo sfacelo che ha devastato la sua vita, invidiata da tutti fino a poco prima. Perché Giuliano è morto? Quali colpe poteva aver commesso?

Ever since her sister disappeared 11 years ago, Serena Warren has been running from a ghost, haunted by what she can’t remember about that night. When Caitlin’s body is discovered, Serena returns to her grandfather’s house, nestled beside the ruins of Minster Lovell Hall in Oxfordshire, determined to uncover the truth. But in returning to the place of her childhood summers, Serena stands poised at the brink of a startling discovery—one that will tie her family to a centuries-old secret.

1605: Anne Catesby fears for her family. Her son, the darkly charismatic Robert, is secretly plotting to kill the King, placing his wife and child in grave danger. Anne must make a terrible choice: betray her only child, or risk her family’s future. Present day: When her dreams of becoming a musician are shattered, Lucy takes refuge in her family’s ancestral home in Oxfordshire. Everyone knows it was originally home to Robert Catesby. As Lucy spends more time in the beautiful winter garden that Robert had made, she starts to have strange visions of a woman in Tudor dress.

Una misteriosa leyenda envuelve a la isla canaria de El Hierro. Sus habitantes guardan un secreto que les ha permitido enfrentarse a muchos peligros a lo largo de toda la historia. Sin embargo, la corona española está a punto de descubrir ese secreto. El general Gonzalo Baeza ha sido enviado allí para descubrirlo, pero se enamora de la nativa bimbache llamada Garza. Su historia de amor estará salpicada por el tráfico de esclavos, la conquista de El Hierro, la tragedia y el secreto mejor guardado de la isla.

"Столпы земли" - грандиозная панорама самых темных лет в истории Англии, когда борьба за престол и междоусобные войны были привычным фоном жизни. Перед читателем раскрываются сплетенные в единый клубок истории самых разных людей - от простых ремесленников до графов и членов королевских семей. Воссоздан целый мир страстей и преступлений, интриг, тайн, страхов, любви и верности, на фоне которого медленно и величественно разворачивается строительство самого высокого собора в Англии.

Palermo 1632: Giulia is thirteen years old when she learns her mother Teofania's greatest secret. Her mother knows how to brew an undetectable lethal poison, which she uses to free the broken and abused women of Palermo. Now Teofania wants to pass her recipe on to her daughter, and Giulia soon learns that, in a time when women have no voice, justice is sometimes best served in a cup of wine. Rome, 1659: Years later, Giulia ends up alone and poor in Rome. Within the alleys and shadows of the Eternal City, she forms her own circle of female poisoners.

In 1887, Isabel Bilton is the eldest of three daughters of a middle-class military family, growing up in a small garrison town. By 1891 she is the Countess of Clancarty, dubbed 'the peasant countess' by the press, and a member of the Irish aristocracy. Becoming Belle is the story of the four years in between, of Belle's rapid ascent and the people who tried to tear her down. Reimagined by a novelist at the height of her powers, Belle is an unforgettable woman. Set against an absorbing portrait of Victorian London, hers is a timeless rags-to-riches story a la Becky Sharpe.

Isola d'Elba, 1544. I corsari turchi, al comando di Khayr al-Din detto Barbarossa, sbarcano nottetempo su una spiaggia accanto a Longone – l'odierna Porto Azzurro – dove Lucero e sua sorella Angiolina si preparano alla pesca dei calamari. Lucero viene ferito, Angiolina rapita. Il mondo si apre, la storia comincia. Lucero, guidato da un indomabile sentimento di vendetta, si trasforma – anche grazie all'incontro con il capitano Rodrigo, compagno e mentore – in un "duellante imbattibile" e in un soldato di ventura.

Eine spannende, dramatische Geschichte über Liebe und Verrat, Heldentum und Opferbereitschaft, Niedertracht und Tot. Der Roman schildert außerdem die katastrophalen Lebensverhältnisse jener Zeit in Paris und London um 1790. Frankreich steht am Rande des Chaos der französischen Revolution und dem Niedergang der Aristokratie, während London sich in einem noch stabilen gesellschaftlichen Wandel wähnt.

La famosa caza de brujas en Zugarramurdi, el auto de fe de Logroño de 1610, las cárceles secretas de la Inquisición, los bucaneros de La Española, los Hermanos de la Costa y la república libertaria que intentaron crear en la isla Tortuga, los corsarios vascos del mar Caribe… Joanes de Sagarmin, protagonista y narrador de esta novela vivirá todas estas peripecias tras huir de la pequeña aldea navarra de Zugarramurdi. Perseguido por la Inquisición, encontrará refugio junto a otros huérfanos y huidos de la justicia.

London 1666 - vier Tage lang verschlingt ein Feuer die Stadt. Im Armenviertel Southwark lebt der Straßenjunge Geoff, der mehr schlecht als recht versucht, seine Familie durchzubringen. Seine Schwester Jezebel, die sich in einer verruchten Spelunke als Schankmagd verdingt, birgt ein Geheimnis - und verschwindet eines Tages spurlos. Auf der Suche nach ihr stößt Geoff auf ein Netz aus Intrigen, Schuld und ungesühnter Rache - ein Gemisch, das schließlich den größten Brand der Geschichte entfachen sollte.

King Henry V's beautiful widow, Catherine, is determined to marry Owen Tudor, a Welsh gentleman-at-arms. But her life decisions are not her own, overshadowed as she is by more powerful men who are closer to the Throne. The Duke of Bedford would marry her off to a foreign prince, Henry Beaufort would give his allegiance in exchange for a Cardinal's hat, and the handsome Duke of Gloucester, brother of the dead king, openly desires her. Added to that, her son, the King, is a weak child. She must use all her wits and courage if she is to forge a new life for herself.

There's only one thing notorious thief Lyta loves more than a big score: her little brother, Kit. But when Kit is arrested for producing seditious pamphlets, he stands to lose not only his printing press, but possibly his life. In exchange for her brother's freedom, Lyta strikes a daring bargain with the king -she will steal the infamous Book of Gold: a mysterious manuscript reputed to be hiding vast magical power within.

1483: Margherita ha solo tre anni quando il padre, Massimiliano d’Asburgo, imperatore del Sacro Romano Impero, la promette in sposa a Carlo VIII, re di Francia, per porre fine ai contrasti tra francesi e fiamminghi. Nello splendido castello di Amboise, la duchessa cresce spensierata, ma quando, anni dopo, Carlo VIII stipula per sé un accordo matrimoniale più vantaggioso, a Margherita non resta che tornare nelle Fiandre. Finalmente può dedicarsi anima e corpo alla sua passione principale, l’arte, e così conosce Conrad Meit, scultore che apprezza e di cui s’innamora perdutamente.

A Roma il paesaggio è mutato per sempre. Sulla città svetta l’immenso tamburo della più grande cupola della cristianità, un monumentale “cielo di pietra”, opera di Michelangelo e della sua profonda devozione religiosa. Ma in basso, per le vie della città, abusi e violenze non sembrano destinati a placarsi. Il cardinal Morone, accusato ingiustamente di eresia, è stato rinchiuso nelle prigioni di Castel Sant’Angelo e i due viziosi nipoti di papa Paolo IV, Carlo e Giovanni Carafa, continuano a sfogare le loro pulsioni in un crescendo di depravazione e crudeltà.

It's 1679 and into the tumult, politics and colour of Restoration London and its lively theatre scene comes the fierce and opinionated Tribulation Johnson. Cast out from her family as ungodly and unworthy, Tribulation is determined to forge her own remarkable path. Arriving in London, Tribulation is astonished to discover that the widowed cousin she's been sent to live with is none other than the most infamous woman in London: the former spy and traitor's mistress, the playwright and polemical poetess, Aphra Behn.

English artist Alice Bulbeck and her twin brother, Edward, approach Axel Webb to find a lost Shakespeare play entitled The History of Cardenio. The play, performed only once for James I, has been lost for 400 years. It wasn’t included in the 1623 First Folio published by Shakespeare’s friends after his death. It is the only known play credited to William Shakespeare that has never been published. The question is, why?

Королева Марго — один из самых известных романов, вышедших из-под пера мастера историко-приключенческой литературы Александра Дюма. Роман повествует о гугенотских войнах, о кровавом противостоянии протестантов и католиков, а также о придворных интригах, в которые поневоле оказывается втянутой королева Марго.